[APBeta] Observation Sessions

[Paul Rodman]

I am going to reply to this, as soon as my jury duty is over. Please  
be patient.

Paul R.

On Jun 17, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Steve Barkes wrote:

> Ok, I guess I’m confused.  I’m struggling to try and enter multiple  
> observations for a session that I had back in December of last year.
>
>  If I right-click on an object from the observation tab, the Make  
> Observation option is always greyed out.  It works from the Objects  
> tab.
>
> If I create an observation from the Observation menu, or by clicking  
> + in Observations list, I have no way to select what session to put  
> the observation in.  I can only select the “Currently Open Session”  
> which makes no sense in that It always has the current date/time.   
> If the session is currently open, I should be able to close it, or  
> change to an existing session.  The other options are  create a “New  
> Session” which I don’t want to do, and the “Recent Sessions” is  
> always blank and greyed out.  What about a All Sessions in addition  
> to Recent Sessions?
>
> It appears the only way to move an observation into a particular  
> session is to edit the date and time of the observation.  Then I get  
> an option to add it to an older session.  But this is way too  
> cumbersome, especially if I’m adding a dozen observations.
>
> Shouldn’t there be a way to Set the current session, possibly to a  
> session date/time in the past, and then have all new observations go  
> into that session until I change it, or create a new one?  Shouldn’t  
> I be able to see a list of all my sessions? And shouldn’t it be  
> clear looking at the interface that the correct session has been  
> selected?  How do I see a list of all objects associated with a  
> particular session?
>
> Perhaps a description of the intended workflow for entering  
> observations after the fact would help.
>
> Steve
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